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Nicholas Sparks is the author of twenty-three books, all of which have been New York Times bestsellers. His books have been published across more than fifty languages with over 150 million copies sold worldwide, and eleven have been adapted into films. He is also the founder of the Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a nonprofit committed to improving cultural and international understanding through global education experiences. He lives in North Carolina.
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A Bend in the Road was a challenging story to conceive and a difficult
story to write, though in all honesty, the reasons had more to do with events in
my own life than the process of putting the words down on paper. Originally, I'd
intended to start writing my new novel in January, 2000 but there were two
major events that made work of any kind difficult.
First, my third son was born on January 11th; within days of that event, I
learned that my younger sister, who'd been battling cancer for years, had just
been given a few months to live. I live in North Carolina and my sister lives in
California and I wanted to spend as much time with her as I could; I also wanted
to bond with my new child and the push and pull, the wonder of life and tragedy
of death, made concentration of any kind difficult. Every ninth day, I flew to
California to stay with my sister for four days, and those trips continued
through the end of May when she finally passed away. My sister, for those who
don't know, was the inspiration for Jamie Sullivan in A Walk to Remember,
and she was not only a sibling, but along with my wife and brother, my best
friend as well. Her loss, along with the death of both my parents, were without
a ...
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